GNU bug report logs - #54550
Debugging elisp files

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:20:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 54550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 54550 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54550: Debugging elisp files
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 17:22:00 +0100

goncholden <goncholden <at> protonmail.com> writes:

> The best way to find the problem is to use a binary space partitioning
> scheme.

As Robert has already noted, the easiest way to find these errors is to
just go to the start of the file and hold the `C-M-f' key combination
down until Emacs beeps.

However, the error message here is supposed to say what line the error
is on, and it didn't, so I've now fixed that in Emacs 29.

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